Astronomical 17, 1548 A.D.

It has been an eventful year for Kyushu.

In the southern part of Kyushu, the Shimazu family, who had unified the Satsuma Peninsula, went to war again against the central Satsuma region, and subdued the Togo family and the Irifuin family in the central Satsuma region, and now they are sharpening their swords and marching towards the northern part of Satsuma, which has not yet surrendered to them. The war is about to break out again.

And the Higo across the mountain,The Sagara family's civil strife that lasted for more than a year finally ended,And the Kai family, which originally belonged to the important ministers of the Omiya family,Appeared,And after occupying most of Nanhi at once,The Sagara family was directly forced to retreat in the East Ball Mill County.,Relying on the support of the local wealthy clan and the Ito family across the mountain and the wealthy families of Kita Satsuma and Kitasumi to resist the invasion of the newly rising Kai family。

In the central region of Higo, the Luo family, which had been dormant for two years, suddenly appeared, and under the Kenshida Castle in Shimo-Majo-gun, the Luo family suddenly attacked the Otomo family coalition and the Kikuchi family coalition army that were in the midst of a fierce battle, and took the entire central part of Higo in one fell swoop, and advanced to the border between Higo and Bungo, and there was a great tendency to attack the Otomo family's base camp Bungo at any time.

Just when everyone's attention was firmly attracted by the two places of Satsuma and Higo, the autumn harvest had just ended, and the Ouchi family suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the territory of the Otomo family in Chikugo. At this time, people found out that as the most powerful overlord in Kyushu, the Ouchi family had been watching the battle between the powerful in Kyushu before, and at this time they were finally going to participate in the feast of Kyushu.

"Report, the army of the Ouchi family is fighting fiercely with the army defending the city of the Otomo family in the mountain city, and the double anti-fight is quite fierce. The casualties were also quite heavy. "In Takara Castle on the border of the Luo family's territory in Chikugo Province. An investigator came to Zhengliang to report.

As early as after the Ouchi family launched an attack on the Otomo family's castle. Masayo personally led a large army to the city of Gaoliang. This time against the Otomo family, the first team is the second standing Ashigaru team of 400 people, the main will be Oishi Tomohisa, and the deputy will be Samuta Nagaken and Kamaike Kanhiro; The second formation consisted of a hundred people of Masahiro and a team of five hundred samurai; The third formation is a hundred-man iron artillery team, and the main one will be Ander; The fourth formation is the fourth standing ashigaru team of 500 people, the main will be Kinoshita Masunao, and the deputy will be Ueda Shinji, Shimahara Junshige, and Akaike Nagato; The fifth formation is a logistics team of 1,000 people, and the main team will be Toshimasa Honda. Ming Feng Xiuzheng is working as a military physician. On the north bank of the Chikugo River, the 500rd Standing Ashigaru Brigade led by Shigemasa Yoshida, who was in charge of guarding Katsuo Castle and Asahiyama Castle, would be ready to go into the battlefield at any time depending on the situation.

"Well, who are the generals of the Ouchi family?" After hearing about the situation on the north bank of the Chikugo River, Masara continued to ask.

"The head of the Ouchi family will be Naito Xingsheng and Sugi Xingyun, and in addition, the villain also sees Harada, the head of the Harada family, grand." The detective immediately reported it.

"Why didn't you see the Tao Long room of the Ouchi family? And Sagara Takeren doesn't seem to have responded to his family's inquiries either. Zhengliang wondered.

"It seems that Tao Longfang and Sagara Takeren have been sent to support the Maori family and the Niko family in the battle before this." Kansuke Yamamoto, who was the military advisor of the army this time, said.

"Well, what do the two advisors think about this?" Masarashi nodded, and then asked Kansuke Yamamoto and Kakuma Ishimune on both sides.

"Judging from the current situation, it seems that the Ouchi family is indeed sincere in joining forces with the family to attack the Otomo family this time." Kakukuma Ishizong said.

"I don't see anything unusual about the Ouchi family for the time being." Kansuke Yamamoto also said.

"In that case, then the Japanese family of Ming will raid the Bamboo Castle of the Kusano family, and according to the investigation of the family detective, the army of the Otomo family at this time is in order to deal with the attack of the Ouchi family. Almost all of them were concentrated on the north bank of the Chikugo River, and there were absolutely no more reinforcements in Kusano Castle at this time. It was the perfect time for the family to conquer this city. Masato said.

"Lord, why don't you directly lead the army to the city and then slowly carry out the siege?" Kansuke Yamamoto said immediately.

"Ha Luha, Kansuke, if we can use the simplest way to capture the opponent's city, we still have the best way to use a surprise attack, otherwise once the other party insists on the arrival of the Otomo family's reinforcements, it will be a confrontation battle, even if the family wins the last one, it will lose a lot." Masato said with a smile.

"Lord, please forgive your subordinates for being blunt, although the detectives of this family did not find a large number of troops around Kusano Castle, but after all, the situation in the city is not clear to my family, and my subordinates think that the strategy of sneak attack is really a bit too risky." Kansuke Yamamoto admonished again.

In Yamamoto's view, Masarashi is too much to maximize victory, which is simply a bit morbid. In his opinion, whether it is a big victory or a heavy victory, as long as it can achieve the goal of victory, it is enough. Therefore, he felt very inappropriate about Masayo's strategy of risking a small number of troops to attack Kusano Castle.

"Kansuke, in this world, there is absolutely no castle that can be easily obtained without taking risks." Masato replied meaningfully.

"My lord, since you insist on doing so, then your subordinates implore your lord not to participate in this battle, and to take on the position of chief general in the next place." Kansuke Yamamoto, who knew Masahiro's character well, couldn't shake Masayo's decision no matter how much he persuaded him at this time, so he simply proposed a compromise solution.

"Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter again, this time Shi Zong will go out with me, and you will stay in this formation to help you, and keep an eye on all kinds of information from the Ouchi family and this family." Masahiro decided later.

In this way, the matter of going out to Kusano Castle was decided in this way.

In the seventeenth year of astronomy, in the autumn, the Takara Castle of Chikugo Province.

Torches were lit in the courtyard. The eastern sky was turning white, and the flames were not as fierce as before. The generals sat in the light, their shadows swaying on the walls, and a solemn atmosphere was exuded everywhere.

Masarashi sat in the middle, with Kakuma Ishimune on his right hand and Tomohisa Oishi, Samuta Nagaken, and Kamaike Kanhiro on his left. In addition, there are Hidan, Ahri, Taketori Snake Ranmaru, and Tatao Mitsuryustoshi, who sit together. Everyone was fully armed, and all of them had serious expressions. This time, Masara only brought a hundred cloaks and a 400-person second standing ashigaru team led by Tomohisa Oishi. The rest of the people set off after Masarashi launched an attack on Kusano Castle.

Zhengliang picked up Sutao's wine glass, took a sip, and gave it to everyone. Everyone didn't speak, but there was no sense of tragedy, but it was very relaxed, as if today's battle was just an innocuous battle. Of course, this is mainly because everyone knows that it is the invincible military god of the Luo family who leads them this time, and almost everyone thinks that this battle will be won.

"Let's do it." Tomohisa Oishi handed the cup to Samuta Nagaken.

"Good!" Samuta Nagaken was wearing a brand new armor and smiled.

The horses had been led into the courtyard and suddenly neighed. The cup was passed back into Masarashi's hands.

"Are you all ready?" Masara stood up and slammed the Sutao wine glass to pieces.

"Oh! Oh! Oh......" The crowd raised their broadswords and shouted in unison. Led by Puchi Jianguang, everyone arrived in the courtyard. The casual atmosphere in the air was not commensurate with the solemn departure ceremony. The small surname Nabeshima Naoshige led Baili Hei to Masayo.

Before it was dark, Masahiro's army set out. According to yesterday's information, the reinforcements of the Otomo family had no time to take care of the castles on the southern bank of the Chikugo River. And the nearest Kusano family, the main castle guard, has less than a hundred soldiers. While patting the dew-soaked grass, Masarashi thought that the enemy might not know about this surprise attack, so that he could directly take the enemy's general.

It wasn't dawn yet. The Ashigaru samurai carried a fan-shaped horse print on his shoulders and followed with difficulty.

About half an hour after Masarashi left, a weather-faced servant came to Takara's castle and threatened to hand over an urgent token to Masara.

In view of the absence of Masayo, Kansuke Yamamoto personally received the visitor.

"Your Excellency?" Kansuke Yamamoto asked, looking at the servant in front of him, who was obviously embarrassed by the darkness.

"My lord, the villain is a servant of Mrs. Riki, and this time it was Mrs. Riki who ordered the villain to secretly and urgently send this token to the lord of the country." After the servant finished speaking, he took out a two-foot-long black lacquered wooden box from his arms, then held it in both hands and respectfully placed it on the desk in front of Yamamoto Kansuke.

"Oh?" Kansuke Yamamoto also suddenly understood at this time. The Riki mentioned by this servant is the daughter of Sagara Takeren, formerly known as Sagara Risa, who was originally accepted as a righteous daughter by Ouchi Yoshitaka in order to form an alliance with the Luo family, and then married Masaara. A year ago, Sagara Takeren took Sagara Risa back to Chikuzen's home on the grounds that his wife missed his daughter, and then he had an unpleasant quarrel with the Ouchi family because Sagara Nagawei was placed under house arrest by the Luo family, and was forced by the opinions of the retainers within the Ouchi family, so Sagara Risa has never been sent back to Hizen.

"Please thank your wife for her kindness on behalf of the head of the family, and at the same time ask your wife to return to Hizen as soon as possible, the head of the family also misses her very much." After taking the wooden box, Yamamoto Kansuke didn't know what to say for a while, after all, this was a matter between the lord and his wife and concubine, so he had to bite the bullet and say.

"My lord, isn't the Lord of the Kingdom here at this time? It was only after arriving at Kishitake Castle that he learned that the lord had arrived here, so he rushed here overnight under the escort of several samurai lords from your side. Before the villain left, the lady of the family repeatedly instructed the villain to hand over this thing to the lord of the country as quickly as possible. ”

"Oh? How important is this? Kansuke Yamamoto was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something. After hesitating secretly, he simply opened the wooden box directly.

After the lid of the wooden box was opened, Kansuke Yamamoto's eyes suddenly straightened. Inside, I saw a white cloth bag with two ends tied to a bulging sac, shaped like a pig's leg, and a strand of green silk. Kansuke Yamamoto's hand trembled and untied one end of the rope, and several beans fell out crackling.

"It's not good, the lord is in danger!" (To be continued......)